Memoirs Books
Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd. Watch Out He Bites
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£19.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Wonky Ponk Down Under
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£7.59
Austin Macauley Publishers Living The Dream Continued
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£15.29
Austin Macauley Publishers Shadow of a Survivor
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£15.29
Austin Macauley Publishers A Sixty Year Butterfly Odyssey
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£17.84
Random House Canada True North Rising
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£15.29
FriesenPress My Bert Has Alzheimers
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£18.04
Hansib Publications Ill Buy You Heaven
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£8.54
Philip J. Giurbino To My Grandchildren
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£12.99
Shelton L. Williams Washed In The Blood
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£10.99
Philip Dollar The Fork
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£12.99
Stonehenge Literary & Media The Husky Howls
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£14.99
Cambridge University Press Some Reminiscences
Book SynopsisIn this two-volume memoir of 1906, William Michael Rossetti (18291919) provides an unparalleled glimpse into the dynamics of the Rossetti family, dealing with his own childhood and that of his siblings, the genesis of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and friendships with many outstanding cultural figures of the Victorian age.Table of Contents19. My literary work, 1858 to 1867; 20. Charles Cayley and Christina Rossetti; 21. The Cheyne Walk circle of friends; 22. Some foreign trips, etc.; 23. Editing Shelley, etc.; Trelawney; 24. Other editorial work; 25. The Inland Revenue and some of its officials; 26. My marriage and married life; 27. Our children; 28. Literary and lecturing work, 1874 to 1893; 29. Family intimates in our married life; 30. Other acquaintances, 1874 to 1893; 31. Deaths in the family; 32. My works from 1894 onwards; 33. Concluding words; Index.
£26.59
Cambridge University Press Memoirs of John Horne Tooke
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£41.79
St Martin's Press Saving Sarah
Book SynopsisWhen her daughter desperately needed a lung transplant to survive, Janet Murnaghan rallied against the outdated restrictions in healthcare that would limit her daughter's options.
£16.49
Henry Holt & Company Inc They Went Another Way
Book SynopsisA darkly comic memoir about being a working creative person in a world that is growing ever more dysfunctional, by acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and television writer Bruce Eric Kaplan In January 2022, Bruce Eric Kaplan found himself confused and upset by the state of the world and the state of his life as a television writer in Los Angeles. He started a journal to keep from going mad, which eventually became They Went Another Way.The book's through line traces his attempt to get a television project set up in the increasingly Byzantine world of Hollywood. But as he details the project's ups and downs, Kaplan finds himself ruminating not only on show business but also on today's political and social issues, on old movies and TV shows and music, on his family, on his friends, on his past, on his failing heating system, and on all the dead birds thatkeep showing up in his backyard.This hilarious and surprisingly moving book is about l
£21.24
St Martin's Press The Manicurists Daughter
Book SynopsisAn emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery.Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every successuntil Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what had happened.For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alonewhy did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mot
£22.09
WW Norton & Co Dear Mom and Dad
Book SynopsisA remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss and the power of redemption in the poetic letter to her long-gone parents
£16.14
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing the Radical Memoir
Book SynopsisFor those that have mastered the basics of memoir and wish to probe this brand of creative nonfiction further, Writing the Radical Memoir uses salient theories about memory and the self to challenge assumptions about how we remember and tell the truth of our lives when we write about it. Innovative in approach and making new critical ideas accessible, each chapter maps out the key principles of such writers as Barthes, Lacan, Derrida, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Philippe Le Jeune and Joseph Campbell, invokes literary examples to show how other writers have mastered the idea before reflecting on how you can practically apply the theory to your writing. With original exercises and prompts for further reading that bridge the gap between the theoretical and how it might be put into practice, the book is attentive to the multiple facets of the genre of nonfiction writing generally, covering such topics as: - The writer/ reader contract- How to embark on a thematic/ symbolic exploration of thTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is radical memoir? Chapter one: The reader/writer contract: how do we write ‘truth’? Chapter two: Memoir as cartography: mapping your life Chapter three: Your life as a hero’s journey Chapter four: Memory and neuroscience Chapter five: Turning real people into characters Chapter six: Writing memoir as decolonial, genre-busting and rule-bending act Chapter seven: Memoir as erasure Chapter eight: Collective memoir: writing with others Chapter nine: Autrebiography Chapter ten: Biographemes Conclusion: The magnificent risk of memoir
£21.36
Amberley Publishing Widows of the Ice
Book SynopsisNew paperback edition - A moving and original account of the effect of Scott's tragic expedition on the men's wives and families, who fame and history have overlooked.Trade ReviewAn important new perspective on our polar heroes achieved by putting the women who supported, and sometimes drove them, at centre stage … also a damn good read. -- Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration of Endurance22, and author of The Ship Beneath the IceThis is the most mesmerising book! I wanted to follow these women’s lives - their highs and lows - and couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough. Their unique personalities leap out through Anne’s expressive writing, and they appear so three-dimensional against such carefully constructed contemporary backdrops. This is social history at its best! -- Dr Janina RamirezA fascinating book that lifts the veil on an untold chapter of Polar history. -- Michael Smith, author of An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean and Shackleton: By Endurance We ConquerA first-rate expedition into lives of quiet heroism. Beautifully written and researched, Widows of the Ice is a compelling insight into the world of Edwardian women navigating fraught destinies. This fresh perspective on society and polar exploration deserves to be widely read. -- Lucy Adlington, author of The Dressmakers of AuschwitzThe women who supported polar exploration are often wrongly neglected, their contribution underplayed – this book sensitively introduces us to their lives in the aftermath of their beloveds’ deaths. -- Dr Claire Warrior, polar historianThe human story behind the well-known heroism is beautifully told. After more than a century in the shadows, the wives left behind by the Scott expedition are brought vividly, poignantly to life. A compelling, unforgettable book. -- Tracy Borman
£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers 3 Boys 2 Dogs 1 Ex Husband and Absolutely No Idea
Book Synopsis''I never thought, when I met my husband at 18, got married at 25, had my third baby at 30 or even two years ago when I started writing this book, that I would find myself in the position I am now... a single mum to three boys, two dogs with a now ex-husband. This is a brutally honest account of life since I weed on that stick. Pregnancy, haemorrhoids, cabbage leaves, mum mates, tantrums, holidays, hormones, sex, dogs and divorce. This is definitely not a guide to parenting but it may make you feel a little less alone on the journey.''
£7.59
Austin Macauley Publishers Flutter Until You Fly
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers There and Back Again
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£11.69
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Storyteller
Book SynopsisRead by Dave Grohl. Features excerpts from five never-before-heard demos performed by Dave Grohl and an original story exclusive to The Storyteller audiobook. So, I’ve written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!’), I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I’ve recorded and can’t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. This certainly doesn’t mean that I’m quitting my day job, but it dTrade Review'Thoroughly entertaining... His tone remains unwavering: good-natured, self-deprecating and eternally positive. He reads as if he’s bouncing on the spot. It’s impossible not to be won over by him… With the flair of a natural raconteur, Grohl broadly makes the job of a rock superstar out to be tremendous fun… Sometimes the good guys do win.' -- Paul Rees * Daily Express *'His incredible memoir is packed with extraordinary anecdotes about Nirvana, Iggy Pop, and even Sir Paul McCartney. Oh my, what a wonderful read this is – the man has lived a million lives.' -- Natasha Harding * Sun *'For anyone interested in how a hyperactive misfit from Virginia became a third of Nirvana and went on to become a stadium-filling star with his own Foo Fighters, The Storyteller lives up to its billing... Those years spent crammed into vans, living off fumes and the kindness of female mud wrestlers are some of the most vivid here. The camaraderie and sudden violence of the international punk ecosystem is beautifully evoked... Grohl is a lively and thoughtful writer.' -- Kitty Empire * Observer *'Just strap yourself in for smooth, well-told tales by a man for whom "dumb luck seems to be my speciality".' -- Tony Clayton-Lea * Irish Times *'Dave Grohl has plenty of tales of musical obsession, dizzying highs and dreadful lows. But more than the music, this memoir is an ode to family, both biological and chosen... A warm, funny and natural storyteller, Grohl spins a fine yarn, self-deprecating and pinging from subject to subject before circling back to his original point.' -- Emma Johnston * Classic Rock *'He writes brilliantly and candidly about the runaway train that was Nirvana, and watching Kurt Cobain fading away before his eyes on the set of the "Come As You Are" video. Most like Bruce Springsteen's autobiography in terms of its author's honesty, drive and self-deprecating humour, Grohl's inherent constancy and resilience comes across on every page.' -- Tom Doyle * Mojo *'The nicest guy in rock delivers a book to match. Charming...[an] uplifting spirit is shot through his memoir, which has the everyman charm of Grohl's personality. Grohl’s warm and conversational prose ensures the stories he does write about are vivid… Juggling stardom with family life has rarely been written about better.' * Record Collector *
£999.99
Orion Publishing Co Across Mountains Land and Sea
Book SynopsisThe extraordinary true story of hope, courage and survival and one boy''s journey across the world to find safety When Mir was thirteen, he was forced to flee his village in the mountains of Afghanistan. Separated from his family he embarked on an astonishing journey across snowy mountains, treacherous land and unforgiving seas, until he reached Dover clinging to the underside of a lorry. It was in the UK that he realised his journey had only just begun. This is Mir''s unbelievable story of seeking a better life and education, and the marks left by displacement.
£10.44
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Albert Speer Escaping the Gallows
Book SynopsisA unique combination of a young British officer's memoir and history of the top Nazi hierarchy.
£16.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Sniper in Helmand
Book SynopsisThe first account by a trained sniper in Afghanistan.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Captured at Arnhem
Book SynopsisDetails the story of a soldier throughout his wartime adventures and life as a railway man.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Final Curtain Burma 19411945
Book SynopsisContributors come from all three services and many nations and span all ranks.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Cold War Hot Wings
Book SynopsisThis is the story of an ordinary cold war fighter pilot, with campaigns from an air viewpoint, showing detail of how we lost parts of our Empire.
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press The Loneliest Revolution
Book SynopsisIn this first-hand account of the Iranian Revolution, Mirsepassi deftly weaves together his memories of provincial life and radical activism in 1960s and 1970s Iran with insights gleaned in his subsequent career as a sociologist of Iran.Trade Review"The prose of our historiography is changing. Solid scholars with an impeccable academic background are turning to the more publicly accessible genre of memoir, and Ali Mirsepassi's exceptionally insightful new book is a vintage of such fruitful prose. Deeply erudite, and yet intimate, endearing, and irresistibly readable, The Loneliest Revolution charts a whole new way of writing history. A bravura performance! ?" -Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University
£81.00
Orion Publishing Co Souvenir
Book SynopsisA lovesong to London in the early 80s: a pre-computer, pre-digital, pre-mostmodern, New Wave age
£10.44
John Murray Press The Orchid Outlaw
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD''One man''s fascinating mission to save the great British orchid'' Mail on Sunday''Noble work in a time of great change'' New StatesmanBen Jacob is the Orchid Outlaw. In the dead of night, armed with a torch and a trowel, he risks everything, climbing into building sites to rescue Britain''s rarest flowers from extinction. At once a memoir, a natural history and an inspiring manifesto for a better future, The Orchid Outlaw shows how we can all save our disappearing natural world, one plant at a time. ''A vivid love letter to Britain''s orchids . . . Ben Jacob breaks all the rules with enormous success'' FRANCIS PRYOR''Unorthodox and precious'' Financial Times''Enchanting'' Country Life''A fearless battle and a lifelong passion . . . find out why Ben Jacob has risked heavy fines and eve
£10.44
Greative Book Publishing Ltd A Heart for Running
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£999.99
Diana Hieb Eighth Circle of Hell
Book SynopsisLies, injustice, and prejudice: the story of one woman's battle for justice in the English family courts. In her memoir, Diana Hieb recounts every detail of her experiences as a domestic abuse survivor and portrays the adversarial divorce case that followed.
£12.34
AuthorHouse Asleep to Dream in Seattle
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£21.58
Penguin Books Ltd No Ordinary Love Story
Book SynopsisSophie Morgan bares all in her controversial sequel to Diary of a Submissive, No Ordinary Love Story.Sophie Morgan is a submissive. An ordinary, successful young woman who in private surrenders her body and mind to a dominant man. Some of these relationships have been loving, others casual, one just cruel. But what happens when she meets the dominant man of her dreams? When they move in together? When life, love and play collide? In Adam, Sophie has found a man to respect and cherish her, as well as a lover who''ll take her to the very limits of pain and pleasure. But how do you decide whose cooking dinner when later one of you will be whipping the other? Can you be curled up together watching TV one night and the next indulging in a serious punishment session? In this follow-up to the number-one bestseller, The Diary of a Submissive, Sophie tells us what she did next, how she struggled to combine an ordinary relationship with her
£14.39
Penguin Books Ltd The Lives of Brian
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTouching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the legendary story of one of the rock world''s best-loved performers - and the many lives he''s led''Both a rollicking tale of rock''s bygone glory days and a deeply human account of a working-class boy who never gave up'' MAIL ON SUNDAY___________For over a decade rock legend Brian Johnson tried to make his mark with a succession of bands, yet big time success remained out of reach. But was he going to give up on his dream?Not a chance . . .So when, after the tragic death of Bon Scott, AC/DC hired Brian as their new singer, he gave it his all. And his debut, Back in Black, went on to become the biggest-selling rock album of all time.Big hearted, touching, indomitable and always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the story of one of the world''s best-Trade ReviewThink Monty Python meets This Is Spinal Tap . . . Both a rollicking tale of rock's bygone glory days and a deeply human account of a working-class boy who never gave up. Told in Johnson's light, engaging prose, it's everything you want, and didn't know you wanted, from a rock-star memoir * Mail on Sunday *A story full of splits, triumphant returns and no shortage of outrageous incidents * Mail+ *A tale of fate, serendipity and dogged determination * Mojo *Johnson is a natural storyteller * Mail Online *Warm, starkly comic and uplifting ... The Lives of Brian is a literary twin of an AC/DC album - wild material woven together seamlessly, and always leaving you wanting more. * Hot Press *
£10.44
Little, Brown Book Group Tales from the Fatherland
Book SynopsisA pause. ''Ah, Herr Fergusson. It''s Frau Schwenk.'' Our social worker, I now understood. ''Thank you for getting back to me. I''m calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family.''In 2018, after the introduction of marriage equality in Germany, Ben Fergusson and his German husband Tom became one of the first same-sex married couples to adopt in the country. In Tales from the Fatherland Fergusson reflects on his long journey to fatherhood and the social changes that enabled it. He uses his outsider status as both a gay father and a parent adopting in a foreign country to explore the history and sociology of fatherhood and motherhood around the world, queer parenting and adoption and, ultimately, the meaning of family and love.Tales from the Fatherland makes an impassioned case for the value of diversity in family life, arguing that diverse families are good for all families and that misogyny lies at the heart of maTrade ReviewNecessary and illuminating...he is a fine comic writer * Times Literary Supplment *
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Harley Loco
Book Synopsis''She''s experienced wealth, cultural alienation, homelessness, brushes with fame, prison, rehab, record deals, a million blown second chances, a dozen broken hearts and one bloody-knuckled ultimate spiritual redemption. She even died once in the process, and may very well have had sex with your wife back in the eighties...'' Elizabeth GilbertWhen she was seven, Rayya Elias and her upper-class family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in a suburb of Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Rayya moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. Eventually though, Elias''s affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction and she found herself living on the streets - between visits to jail. Told with a keen sense of humour and a lack of self-pity in evTrade ReviewIt is my honour to introduce these pages - so gravely, so straggly, so hopeful, bright, and true -- Elizabeth GilbertDo any of us really know ourselves? This kind of exploration into the human spirit is what true religion is about. -- Debbie HarryRayya Elias' twisted, devastating memoir of a life lived on the margins can take its rightful place alongside The Basketball Diaries, Please Kill Me and Just Kids as a classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC -- Craig MarksElias remains sympathetic as she tramples over her girlfriends, family and herself during the drug-addled chaos of Eighties New York ... This book is to be gulped whole * Stylist *Gritty, but brilliantly funny * Sunday Telegraph *Rayya Elias’s clear-eyed account of her very messy New York life ... A post-punk misery memoir that never asks for your sympathy * Herald *Harley Loco succeeds because it conveys the appeal of a chaotic sex-and-drugs lifestyle ... Elias’s perspective is often transparently self-deluding, but her voice is always appealing, and will doubtless find a warm and responsive audience * Daily Telegraph *Elias’s writing (in her third language) is plain street, unliterary and compelling; her self-descriptions are impressive in their refusal to dodge or euphemise ... That she wrote it at all is a major achievement for Elias; somewhat fittingly, perhaps, it’s a book that struggles with its own nature -- Aida Edemariam * Guardian *
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sea Legs
Book SynopsisA family''s thrilling voyage around the Caribbean and across the Atlantic Ocean''A great read for anyone daring to throw caution to the wind'' CoastThree years after his return from the Alaskan wilderness, Guy Grieve was living on the Isle of Mull in Scotland with his wife Juliet and their two young sons. Sick of the weather, perennial colds and their increasingly routine lifestyle, they'd all been getting restless. Finally, Guy and Juliet broke in spectacular style they re-mortgaged their house and bought a yacht. Her name was Forever.The plan? To pick up Forever from her mooring in the Leeward Antilles off the coast of Venezuela, and sail around the West Indies before crossing the Atlantic back to Scotland. This was despite the fact that Guy, skipper of the expedition, had almost no sailing experience. Travelling around the lush tropical islands of the Caribbean and up the waterways of America, the family had countless sublime moments as they discovered the freedoms of sailing anchoring in deserted bays, night passages under star-studded skies, and entering New York by water, greeted by the Statue of Liberty. But there were also testing times as they grappled with seasickness and bad weather, coping with young children at sea and learning to run a large, complex boat. Far from being the idyllic escape they'd envisaged, the journey forced Guy and Juliet to draw on reserves of courage and endurance they never knew they had. Wry, funny and buccaneering, this is a compelling tale of bravery and endeavour, out on the open sea.Trade ReviewA great read for anyone daring to throw caution to the wind * Coast *
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Orion Publishing Co Maverick One
Book SynopsisThe explosive sequel to the bestselling PATHFINDER.For the first time ever an elite British operator tells the gruelling story of his selection into the Pathfinders - Britain''s secret soldiers. Pathfinder selection is a brutal physical and psychological trial lasting many weeks. It rivals that of the SAS and takes place over the same spine-crushing terrain, in the rain-and-snow-lashed wastes of the Welsh mountains. For two decades no one has been able to relate the extraordinary trials of British elite forces selection - until now.Captain David Blakeley goes on from completing selection to serve with the Pathfinders in Afghanistan post 9/11, where he had a gun held to his head by Al Qaeda fighters. From there he deploys to Iraq, on a series of dramatic behind-enemy-lines missions - wherein he and his tiny elite patrol are outnumbered, outgunned and trapped. MAVERICK ONE is unique and extraordinary, chronicling the making of a warrior. It culminates inTrade ReviewReal-life black ops - a must-haveOur elite forces in blistering action against all oddsA truly extraordinary book; fast-paced, gripping, authentic. A taut telling of an elite mission that helped change the course of a warCourageous action behind-enemy-lines - a true soldier's story
£9.99
Abrams Burnt
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this evocative account of life in the firehouse, Clare Frank portrays the risks firefighters face and the stakes that are now higher than they’ve ever been. She does so with grit and a healthy sense of humor. A must-read.” * Erin Brockovich *“Extraordinary. . .a fascinating, boots-on-the-ground account of her storied career as a firefighter. . . . she takes readers behind the scenes in a play-by-play that is as riveting as it is informative. Every bit of ‘Burnt’ is interesting. . .” * San Francisco Chronicle *“A heart-racing, heartfelt story that will make readers laugh, cry, and consider what matters most in life. . . .Frank's memoir is packed not only with adrenaline but with sensitivity, thoughtfulness, and creativity. Beware the impulse to race through these 300-plus pages in a single sitting. . . .This exceptional memoir shows wide emotional range in spanning the complexities of firefighting and fire prevention in California and the American West, gender issues, family, work, love, and loss.” * Shelf Awareness *“A vigorous and quite timely memoir . . . Throughout the book, Frank is energetic and inspirational, especially to women considering work in the field.” * Kirkus Reviews *“The path to becoming a firefighter is arduous, especially for a young woman who must contend with gear scaled to fit men, as well as colleagues who believe women should not do this work watching for any misstep. None of this stopped Clare Frank, who recounts her climb from underage rookie to one of California’s highest-ranking fire chiefs.” * Christian Science Monitor, Top 10 Books of May *“Good memoirs can introduce intriguing individuals and provide access to rarefied pursuits. Author Frank manages both in this account of her fiercely independent life and 30-plus years as a firefighter in California . . . The action scenes are compelling; there are hard-won victories and excruciating losses, and Frank emerges as a relatable and thoroughly human hero.” * Booklist *“Burnt starts as a personal love letter to firefighting. By the end it also becomes a cri de coeur, a battle cry.” * New York Post *“Burnt is part fire story, part family saga, part diary of a woman rising in a ‘man’s world,’ and it is entirely engrossing. If natural disasters, especially wildfires, are to reshape both where and how we live, then we had better listen to the stories of the people who fight them and the price they pay. This is one of those stories and it’s damn good.” * Kevin Hazzard, author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers *“Ominous orange skies and smoke-choked cities: The wildfire crisis is here. Burnt takes you inside. From dirt firefighter to leading thousands, Clare Frank offers a real, humorous, one-of-a-kind front-row seat to wildfires and those who fight them.” * Caroline Godkin, executive director of the Climate and Wildfire Institute *“With an insightful, clear-eyed wit, Burnt tells the compelling story of Clare Frank’s long career fighting fire. Frank is scrappy and courageous, wise and vulnerable—a serious badass with a reverence for fire, an irreverent sense of humor, and a mouth that strings together swear words with the best of them. As Frank shatters glass ceilings of the fire world ranks, you will be laughing out loud at firehouse antics, crying on heartbreaking calls, sitting on the edge of your seat during harrowing adventures, and cheering her on as she finds kinship, joy, and a greater sense of herself within this unconventional calling. In the end, Burnt attempts to answer the question of why we love what we love and will speak to anyone who has defied the odds by working hard for what they wanted, following a mysterious and lonely impulse of delight. This is one of the best memoirs I’ve read in a long time.” * Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties *“Clare Frank’s memoir, Burnt, is a wonderful reminder of how those who fall in love with the intensity and magic and deadliness of flames are always best at fighting fire. I was transported back to my childhood, when my brother and I chased wildfires on our bikes, to riverbeds and mountains near our home, to see the towering flames and smell the smoke. Frank’s writing is vivid and beautiful, and her stories of the structure of firefighting lives will resonate with those who love a great story of passion.” * Susan Straight, author of Mecca and In the Country of Women *
£17.09
Johns Hopkins University Press Finding the Right Words
Book SynopsisThe moving story of an English professor studying neurology in order to understand and come to terms with her father's death from Alzheimer's. Winner of the Memoir Prize for Books by the Memoir MagazineIn 1985, when Cindy Weinstein was a graduate student at UC Berkeley, her beloved father, Jerry, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He was fifty-eight years old. Twelve years later, at age seventy, he died having lost all of his memoriesalong with his ability to read, write, and speak. Finding the Right Words follows Weinstein's decades-long journey to come to terms with her father's dementia as both a daughter and an English professor. Although her lifelong love of language and literature gave her a way to talk about her grief, she realized that she also needed to learn more about the science of dementia to make sense of her father's death. To write her story, she collaborated with Dr. Bruce L. Miller, neurologist and director of the Memory and Aging Center at the UnivTrade ReviewAn opportunity to reflect upon our shared humanity and the specific losses and loves that define us as individuals.—Global Brain Health InstituteFinding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain covers something that will touch everyone — death and senior moments.—Pasadena WeeklyOf special interest to both academia and the non-specialist general reader on the subject of the medical condition known as Alzheimer's. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain" combines both the intensely personal and the universally applicable — making it especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, college, and university library Psychology of Dementia collections and supplemental studies curriculum lists.—Margaret Lane, Midwest Book ReviewWorth reading.—Portland Book ReviewTable of ContentsA Note to the ReaderPrefaceChapter 1: DiagnosisHitting the FanThe Detective StoryChapter 2: Word FindingCall Me AhabWhere Dementia Decides to DanceChapter 3: SpaceLost in Space Two Kinds of SpaceChapter 4: BehaviorTurning RightThe Neglected and Poorly UnderstoodChapter 5: MemoryIn Memoriam: Jerry WeinsteinA Tragic JuxtapositionAfterwordAcknowledgmentsGlossaryWorks CitedIndex
£18.05
iUniverse A Modest Harmony Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen
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£12.95
iUniverse The Cleavers Didnt Live on Our Street
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£15.00
Read Books The Memoirs Of The Duke Of Saint Simon
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£18.39
Hodder & Stoughton Out of Winter
Book SynopsisThe beautifully measured account of a woman's return to care for her ageing parents, unearthing old memories and new possibilities.Trade ReviewCarol Lee is a courageous writer. This book is both tender and tough-minded in its record of one woman's day by day journey through a universal experience. -- Maggie GeeA beautifully written book...Essential reading. -- John Humphrys
£13.49
